text: Bis(glycinato)copper(II) is typically prepared from the reaction of copper(II) acetate in aqueous ethanol with glycine:
  : Cu(OAc) + 2 HNCHCOOH + x HO → [Cu(HNCHCOO)(HO)] + 2 AcOH, x = 0 or 1
  The reaction proceeds through a non-redox dissociative substitution mechanism and usually affords the cis isomer.